Walsh looks to league campaign to build momentum

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

The Galway footballers kickstart their 2019 league campaign with a home game against Cavan on Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium (2.30pm).

Unbeaten Maree women prepare for basketball cup final

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Maree Basketball Club’s senior women’s side look to land the first piece of silverware of the season on Sunday when they take on Ulster University Elks in the division one cup final at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght (2pm).

Moycullen bounce back to winning ways in Superleague

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Moycullen’s Superleague basketball team finally got back to winning ways at the weekend when they overcame Killorglin by 82-57 in the NUI Galway Kingfisher Gym.

Galway athletes battle it out for honours

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Three Galway athletes were in top form at the 2019 National Juvenile Combined Events Indoor Championships in Athlone IT on Saturday, bringing home three medals.

Galway leave it late, but pip Mayo on penalties to advance to final

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

For the second week in a row Mayo faded out in the second half and were brought to penalties, but this time they were the ones to lose out, going down 4-2 to the Tribesmen on penalties.

Inis Mór wins handball award

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Connacht’s finest handballers were honoured in Claremorris on Saturday night in what was a successful night for Galway Handball.

Martin Mulkerrins was named Connacht Men’s Player of the Year for 2018 after becoming the first Galway man to win the senior 40x20 All Ireland Championship. He also captained Team Ireland at the World Championships in Minnesota where he reached the 40x20 final, losing out in two tight games to Killian Carroll.

A big day for Galway teams in club semi-finals

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

The west and east of the county are represented in All Ireland semi-finals on Sunday. An Spidéal take on Naomh Eanna in the intermediate club football championship in Pairc Tailteann, Navan; Oranmore Maree face Noamh Gall in the intermediate hurling championship at Parnell Park, both at 2pm.

Huge fixtures for both clubs, An Spidéal became the first Galway club to claim the Connacht crown in eight years when they overcame Roscommon outfit Feurty by 1-14 to 0-16, while Oranmore Maree are favourites to advance to this year's decider.

Moycullen tee up clash with Belfast Star in U18 National Cup final

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Moycullen Basketball's U18 men's team has advanced to the 2019 Hula Hoops National Cup final.

Records broken at indoor champs

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A record entry of 1,000 athletes from all Galway clubs competed at both juvenile and adult level at the 2019 Galway Indoor Championships at Athlone IT Arena last weekend.

Maree's winning form continues at Moycullen's expense

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree came out on top when the west of Ireland’s two premier basketball sides went head-to-head in a hotly anticipated local derby in the Superleague on Saturday.

Maree women fancied to continue unbeaten run

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree women will be in confident form when they take Swords Thunder in the National Cup semi-final in the Neptune Stadium in Cork on Saturday (4pm).

Maree defeated the Dublin side 88-59 in the first game of the season in Dublin, and they will be hotly fancied to advance to the cup final, with either Ulster Elks or Portlaoise Panthers providing the opposition at the end of the month.

Proud coaches

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Proud coaches of the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Gym Clodagh & Pete Foley from Annaghdown with their eleven year old son Finn who passed his Junior Black Belt Grading test recently with an A+ result.Finn will have to wait until he turns 16 before being eligible to test for his 1st Dan Black Belt but he is well on track.Finn has been training in the sport of Kickboxing for seven and a half years and is an active fighter with the club.He will fight on the undercard of the upcoming International Ireland V France Team Event in the Clayton Hotel on Saturday February 23 where he will face off with a Mayo opponent.

Moycullen's tough away assignments do not get any easier

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Moycullen’s luckless road run continued on Saturday when falling 95-73 to Tralee Warriors in Basketball Ireland’s Men’s Superleague.

Head coach John Cunningham will be glad to see the end of this long stretch of away games as Moycullen play their last away game next weekend before returning to the NUI Galway Kingfisher gym for a lengthy stretch in the New Year.

Maree enjoy Christmas boost with another double basktball win

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Maree Basketball Club will enjoy the Christmas break after its senior men and women’s sides recorded another double at the weekend.

Moycullen suffer more away day Superleague pain

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Moycullen suffered another tough loss away from home this past weekend, falling by 108–79 to a physically dominant Templeogue in Dublin.

Maree maintain composure to stun Superleague leaders

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Maree Basketball Club is celebrating on the double after the men’s Superleague side stunned league leaders Belfast Star at the weekend, and the club’s women’s division one side eased into the cup semi-finals of the cup with a 30-point win away to Limerick Celtics.

The Galway GAA - five DVD set at OMG @ Zhivago

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

December has arrived and everyone is getting into the spirit of festive and cheer, and towns and villages throughout the county are decorated and illuminated by Christmas lights, creating a special atmosphere which only this time of year can generate.

Yet yuletide can be a stressful one as we rush around the shops looking for gifts for family and friends. But what do you get the person who has everything this Christmas? The Galway GAA - five DVD set from OMG @ Zhivago.

History maker Hession takes national senior title

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

Monivea BC boxer Adam Hession made history at the weekend when he became the first male boxer to win a national senior title for the club.

Hard work over many years is paying off

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

It should not come as any surprise to see the success of this St Thomas’ side. All the way, much of this group played together and won together at underage.

Victory for Maree women but men fall to defeat

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

Maree’s Women’s Division 1 side produced a brilliant second-half fightback to claim the honours in the top-of-the-table clash with Portlaoise Panthers in Oranmore on Saturday; but the club’s Men’s Superleague side went down to Tralee Warriors in the second game of a double header at Calasanctius College.

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